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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 292 reviews)
Sales Rank: 58
Category: Video Games
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Studio: Rockstar Games
Brand: Rockstar Games
Label: Rockstar Games
Language: English (Unknown)
Platform: Playstation 3
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Autographed: 0
Memorabilia: 0
Batteries Included: 0
Age: 17 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 37011
Model: 15782621
UPC: 710425372339
EAN: 0710425370113
ASIN: B000HKP88C
Release Date: April 29, 2008
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| Features:
| • | Carry on the Grand Theft Auto tradition playing through the single player campaign as Niko Bellic | | • | Get cars and other modes of transportation anyway you can | | • | Interact with various colorful characters who give you various missions to engage in | | • | Engage in multiplayer challenges ranging from cover matches to shoot-outs | | • | Game Rated 'M' due to Intense Violence, Blood, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Partial Nudity, Use of Drugs and Alcohol |
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 An INCREDIBLE Game...When Played WITH CHEAT CODES!! June 29, 2009
I started playing GTA4 after playing Burnout Paradise. For this reason, I quickly tossed it aside because of the horrible vehicle physics early in the game (like Roman's Taxi). It was so frustrating just to drive a vehicle from point A to B without hitting everything in sight...Fortunately, the driving gets better as you progress through the game. Then after completing a couple of other games I'm glad I came back to GTA4 because the programmers really did put a huge amount of thought and effort into creating one of the BEST OPEN SANDBOX type games I've ever played!
I like to try things in games that are, say "unconventional". Most of the time the hard code prevents you from doing these type things unless they are actually part of the storyline. In GTA4, the interactive environment is so completely OPEN, you can do just about anything you please and get results...And sometimes it's not what you expected! This kind of gameplay not only improves the gaming experience, but it also extends the life of the purchase -- A DOUBLE SHOT of getting the best Bang for your video game Buck!
The first thing you notice after Niko starts doing "jobs" is how quickly the LCPD cops are all over you and they either take you in or do you in, depending on your level of cooperation. Unfortunately, the only way to lose your "Wanted Level" is to outrun the cops...Like I said before, the vehicle physics make this a pretty frustrating exercise, especially after about the 20th time. MY SOLUTION: USE CHEAT CODES.
This is one game where I believe gameplay is actually enhanced by liberal use of basic cheat codes. That way you can focus on following the storyline and completing chapters or just creating general mayhem wherever Liberty City takes you without being outgunned or driving a beaten up vehicle or spending half your time outrunning the LCPD. Cheat codes RULE in GTA4 and once you start using them, you'll never go back...
The storyline is well integrated with excellent voice talent and very good cut scenes...You'll always feel like you're right in the middle of the action in this game and will never be left clueless about what's going on around you. Just key in the cheat codes and learn your way around the cellphone and Liberty City will be your oyster. Weapons are GREAT...Sound effects and explosions are GREAT...Reactions of pedestrians, other drivers and "victims" are frequently priceless. Niko has more one-liners than James Bond. This is a relatively long game which I imagine is dozens of hours longer without taking advantage of the cheat codes.
FAVORITE CHEAT CODES: 482-555-0100 Restore health, armor & ammo; 486-555-0100 Get a selection of weapons; 486-555-0150 Different selection of weapons; 267-555-0100 Remove wanted level; 468-555-0100 Change weather; 359-555-0100 Spawn an Annihilator; 938-555-0100 Spawn a Jetmax; 625-555-0100 Spawn an NRG-900; 227-555-0100 Spawn an FIB Buffalo; 227-555-0147 Spawn a Turismo. Enter these into your cellphone then use them when needed and you'll absolutely OWN Liberty City and everyone in it!
Now near the end of the game, there are 2 different paths you can take...You'll know you're there when confronted with the "Revenge" or "The Deal" decision. I recommend going to a safehouse and saving the game at this point so you can play it through to the end one way, then come back, reload and play it the other way. (I turned off autosave at this point to prevent an unwanted overwrite.) You can always go to a safehouse and save progress in an open save slot. The 2 endings are similar, but still vary enough to warrant playing both ways.
My favorite "off the beaten path" things to do in GTA4:
1) Drive up to Jimmy Pegorino's house and go past the pool in the back to the covered deck area with the wooden benches. Use your cheats to load up on health and ammo for the RPG/Rocket Launcher. Then look over the wall to the street below and unload an RPG on an unsuspecting vehicle. The cops/FIB/SWAT start arriving and you just blow their vehicles up with RPGs. Then the LCPD choppers move in and you crouch down and do a little target practice on them. If you get tired of RPGing the choppers, take out the M16 and shoot the gunners out instead. Reload on health & ammo as needed and keep an eye out for FIB and SWAT as they try to flank you by the swimming pool. Stay alive long enough and you'll actually shoot down ALL of the LCPD choppers...They won't have any more to send after you! A pretty cool diversion...
2) Pick a park or some other spot with lots of pedestrians and walk around spawning Jetmax after Jetmax right on top of people, then collect their cash...Listen to their reactions when the boats just appear out of nowhere and start dropping on their friends! I did this one night outside of Bernie's apt on both sides of the street. Then I just ran up one side of the street, crossed over to the other side and some of their money respawned. Then I crossed the street and ran to the other victims and some of their money respawned. I did this repeatedly and money randomly respawned each time! But simply spawning a Jetmax on a helpless pedestrian, a cop car or some guy on a chopper is just good times...
3) Go inside a Cluckin Bell and blow away the order-taker (it's a BONUS if the employee wearing the chicken head is there...Torch the chicken with a Molitov Cocktail.) Then put your back to the wall facing the front doors. As the cops come in, mow them down with the M16. Refill on health and ammo as needed. Soon, the SWAT team arrives. Once they start coming in, take them down with the M16. When it gets quiet for a moment, use your cheat to Remove Wanted Level...Then stroll outside, go to the SWAT truck and get in. Drive off and Remove Wanted Level. Congratulations! You're now the proud owner of a SWAT truck! Park it in the YELLOW parking area outside of one of your safehouses and it will stay there unless a cop arrests someone and uses it to take them in, which I actually caught one doing one time!
4) Go to a pedestrian overpass at one of the highways. Climb the fence and jump into the speeding cars below. This will create a HUGE traffic jam (sometimes on both sides of the highway). Reload your health and go back up to the overpass. Shoot RPGs into the vehicles below for some gigantic explosions!
5) Steal a chopper from the heli tours pad. Fly to Liberty Island and just when you're hovering near her feet, jump out. If done right, you'll land on a square area just below the statue's feet. Run around until you find the door that says, "NO HIDDEN CONTENT HERE". Walk THROUGH the door and climb the ladder. You'll see a huge beating heart inside that's held in place by chains...Snap a couple of souvenir photos with the cellphone to show your friends back home!
6) Go to the airport and drive into the cargo loading area. Steal one of the large "push-back" trams (not the smaller luggage train tram) and start cruising around the runway, maybe even driving under a jumbo jet as it taxis on the runway. This is a surprisingly durable vehicle and you can restore it to new condition every time you restore your health with the cheat. The cops, FIB and SWAT will swarm you and they are extremely persistent in the airport's restricted area. Will they get you or not?
7) Drive up to the Penitentiary. Either steal a vehicle right in front of the guards or just start driving around on the grass where the guards are watching the inmates. Then keep your eyes open...You may see a couple of inmates escaping while the guards start jerking people out of their vehicles and stealing parked vehicles just to PURSUE YOU! This is a laugh riot the first time you experience it...Those guards really, really want you BAD!
8) While cruising the streets of LC, keep an eye out for Money Trucks. They seem to appear in bunches mostly at night. Either run one down and block its path or just block it from leaving a red light. Back off and hit it with an RPG. Immediately Remove Wanted Level then run around the truck picking up all of the $$$ until you get it all or it begins to disappear. Be careful about catching fire or adjacent vehicles catching fire and exploding on you. Also try stealing the Money Truck and driving to an obscure location to RPG it and collect your booty. I've blown up as many as 7 consecutive Money Trucks when they appear in large numbers. Good fun!
These are just some of the examples of what I meant by the open sandbox design of this game...Feel like boxing? Walk up to someone on the street and box their ears. Feel like racing? Brucie will hook you up with plenty of racing opps. Feel like flying around Liberty City? Spawn an Annihilator and see the view from above, maybe dropping in behind the walls of the Penitentiary to visit the inmates. And things like this are IN ADDITION TO the primary storyline of the game, which is quite satisfying all by itself!
That's PRECISELY the edge that sets GTA4 apart from the rest of the pack. It's also why it DESERVES a 5-star rating. Rockstar Games should be congratulated on the depth and magnitude of this game! It really does stand alone at the top of the heap...WELL DONE!!
GTAIV makes PS3 worth owning despite a few dissapointments June 25, 2009
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I could review this game in one sentence if i had to: The best balance of graphics, sound, physics, game-play, and depth of setting and character ever.
I have never seen such incredible physics, this game truly generates hilarious random scenes. This is by far the most realistic title in the series, a true departure from the arcade style missions and stats of former GTA games.
Game is not as re-playable as previous titles but the multiplayer makes up for that. Don't expect too much from the multiplayer but it is def. an exciting look into the future of GTA as an online game.
The single player story will rock your world, and if you liked the previous GTA games even a little bit then this will satisfy you. This game is the reason I bought a PS3.
This is a awsome game June 22, 2009
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the only Gta gmae that i played but I think it is the best. I watched my friend play san andreas and it was really boring. San andreas was somehow always dimmly lit and it is really hard to aim and shoot. Gta has great graphics a a very realistic storyline. the weapons look like the real thing and there are many different cars just waiting for you to jack. at first I thought the character graphics were ugly but then later on in the game I got used to it. when I first bought it I got arrested and killed alot because I didn't know how to fight and when i did punch something, it was always by accident. in this game you could actually take money from cash registers and shoot annoying pigeons and cursing fat people. I can say that this game is the best game i played. all those people who think this game sucks probalby like some boring game like Yu-gi-oh
really cool June 5, 2009
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
i got this for my brother and he said it's really good
aaawesome graphics
 Not the best GTA game ever made June 1, 2009
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Let me just start by saying that this edition of GTA did not exceed my expectations as anticipated. This game doesn't have near the features that San Andreas had. And I am also disappointed that Rockstar didn't go with a new setting/city to start them off on the next-gen systems. Liberty City has been way overdone, so if your looking for something new in the series, don't invest in this game. Maybe when the next one comes out, Rockstar will actually have some new/original ideas to build on. Until then, there's always Wheelman... just kidding. The only thing this game boasts is the fact that it is big and open-ended. Otherwise, I would say save your money. That is all.
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